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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-5-1
pubmed:abstractText
We have examined 23 fibroblast lines from patients with neonatal and late onset glutaric acidemia type II and fibroblasts from four parents of these patients. Fifteen of these patients are previously unreported. Results of these investigations show deficiency of electron transfer flavoprotein or electron transfer flavoprotein-ubiquinone oxidoreductase activity in all of the patients' fibroblasts. Immunoblots indicate that the steady state levels of the antigens is very low or undetectable in most of the neonatal onset patients; however, cross-reacting antigen without electron transfer activity is observed in several glutaric acidemia type II fibroblast lines. Assay of parental lines confirm the autosomal transmission of deficiencies of proteins. Of particular interest is the clinical heterogeneity among these patients. Patients may present with an extrapyramidal movement disorder as observed in glutaric aciduria type I, without the typical organic aciduria typical of glutaric acidemia type II even in the presence of severe enzyme deficiency, or with renal cystic dysplasia accompanying electron transfer flavoprotein deficiency. Renal cystic dysplasia had previously been reported only in patients with electron transfer flavoprotein-ubiquinone oxidoreductase deficiency.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0031-3998
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
27
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
311-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
Glutaric acidemia type II: heterogeneity of clinical and biochemical phenotypes.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver 80262.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.